Patents by Inventor Michelle L. Tugenberg

Michelle L. Tugenberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Network controller and method
    Patent number: 5335281
    Abstract: A method for passing supervisory control from a first station to a second station of a plurality of stations comprises steps of providing a message header in interstation messages in the first station, transmitting the interstation message from the first station to the second station, processing a message header from the interstation message to extract data and determining present identification of a system controller from the extracted data. The method includes steps of providing a first field containing message identification information, providing a second field containing supervisor station identification information, providing a third field containing update count information and providing a fourth field containing sending station identification information in the message header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle L. Tugenberg, Barry N. Altschuler, Douglas A. Hardy